Washing-machine



(No Model.)

M. BAER.l

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 326,378. Patented Sept. 15, 1885.

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' //arneyg UNITED STATES PATENT, FFrc MICHAEL BAER, OF BRILLION, VISCONSIN.

` WASHING- MACHINE.

I' l SFECIFTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,378, atel September 15,1885. n

` Application meaMarhjia1se4. (Numdam 'To all whom it may concern:

" j 'Be itl known that I, MICHAEL BAER, of Brillion, in 'the county of Calumet, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the fol- ."1 lowing'isa full, clear, and exact description *In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of theentire machine. Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinal section on the line xx of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view illustrating the manner in which lthe ribs are secured to the cylinder-heads. Fig. 4 is a transverse horizontal section on the line y y of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the ribs or rubbing slats.

A is the water box or tub into which the hot water or suds are placed, and is preferably of the shape shown, mounted on legsaa, and having a wringer-board, A', for the attachment of a wringing-machine. The washing-machine proper consists of a cylinder having two solid heads, B B, connected by the ribs or rubbing-slats C C, to be hereinafter more specifically described.

D is a door formed of three or more of these slats, and E E are the journals of the cylinder. These journals do not pass through the cylinder, but have square ends itting within a square hole in the plates ec, or else these ends are cast solidly with thesaid plates,which are bolted or otherwise secured to the outside of each cylinder-head, as shown. The central part of each of these journals is round, to revolve in suitable bearings, a a', inthe waterboX, and then the outer ends are squared, whereby the outer end of the journall E is adapted to receive the crank F,while the outer end of the journal E is adapted to receive the fly-wheel G. Of course,instead of making the journal ends square, they might be left round and fitted with a feather, but the construction named is the simplest and cheapest.

The cylinder-heads B B are so1id,as stated, and made of as few pieces of wood as possible, and on the inside. of each cylinder-head are the straight beveled strips b and b', respectively, the strips b ou the inside of the head B being at right angles to the stripsb on th'e' oppositeheacLB.

The ribs C, which connect the two heads together to form the cylinder, are Fshown in plan in Fig. 5. They have square youter ends, c c, between which they are triangular"l on the inner side; and the square ends are beveled down from this ridge toward the outer ends of the rib on each side of theiridge, as shown at c2 c2, making a zigzag'line, 'when the slats are in place, j ustinside of the vertical placed' far enough apart to enable the water to pass freely in and out of the cylinder. `The ribs are secured to the heads in this manner.

c3.,on the outside, and when the ribs have been adjusted to place (where they may be held by slightly tacking them or even securing them rst with nails or screws, if desired) a continuous wire, II, is passed around the entire cylinder on each side, excepting the doorspace, and the ends h h of this wire are sharpened and driven into the periphery of each head just outside the last ribs on each side of this door-space, as shown in Fig. 2, the said wire resting in the grooves c3 c3 of the ribs,and between each of the adjacent ribs staples I I are driven down into the peripheries of the heads around the said wires, thus binding all the parts firmly and securely together. Of course the wire employed should be either galvanized or of such material as will not oXidize.

vThe door D is composed of several of the slats C,held together by metal plates D at each end, and the said door is hinged at d d to one of the slats C. From each of the plates D there projects an eyebolt or catch, d', and hooks B B', so that when the clothes to be washed are put inside the cylinder the door can be fastened securely down by means of said hooks.

but extremely effective. When the clothing to be washed has been put into the cylinder,and the door fastened down and the hot suds put into the water-boX,it is only necessary to turn the crank for a short time and the clothes d2 dI are pivoted to the outside of each head in cross-section,with a sharp centralridge,` c', 6o

'line of the heads B B', and these Vribse 'are The ends of the ribs are slightly grooved,as at 7o The operation of my device is Very simple,

- posite faces of the heads, a twisting lmotion is will be thoroughly washed, and the ily-wheel G greatly assists vin the ease of the operation. The sharp edges of of the slats C, being disposed radially, come into contact with the clothes in every part of the cylinder, and by means of the side strips,b b and b b,on the opgiven to the garment for the reason that the said series of strips are arranged ,at right angles to each other; and hence the clothes are constantly turned over and over and fresh surfaces exposed to the action of the sharp ridges 4c of the slats, while the described zigzag edge formed by the bevels o2 c2 of the heads of the said slats sends the water laterally through the clothing with a shaking motion Vieri" elfectual in rinsing off the dirt loosened bythe ridges c of the slats.

"When the clothing is clean, a w1ingingmaa chine may be mounted on the board A and the door lD raised, as shown in dotted linesin Fig( 2, and then a pin, L, is passed through holes in the water-box and cylinder-head, as shown in Fig, l, thus keeping the cylindei1 steady in place while the clothes are being taken therefrom to be passed through the wringing-machine, after which the water-box lila-,Y h6 emptied by withdrawing the plug M s, 1D lts bottom.v

laving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` In a Washingmachine,a cylinder having l resting within the said grooves, and the staple substantially `as set forth,

solid heads connected by slats or ribs,and the said headsbearing on their ,winner sides the beveled straight strips b b and b b', respectively, the strips on one head being arranged at right angles to the strips on the otherhead, substantially as set forth.

y2. In a washing-machine,a cylinder having solid heads connected by slats or ribs with square outer ends, but triangular in central section, and having sharp central ridges radial to the center of the cylinder, and beveled, as shown at c2 c2, forming a yzigzag line when the slats are in place at each end of the triangular part of the said slats, substantially as set forth.

3. Ina washing-machine, thefcombination of acylinder consisting of two solid wooden heads, B B, connected by the, slats or ribs C, rigidly secured thereto, the outer surface of the ends of the said ribs being provided with transverse grooves el c, with the wires HH,

I Ldriven into the peripheries of the cylinder.; heads laround the wires and between the slats,

In testimony that I claim theforegoin l have hereunto set my hand, at Hilbert, int e countyof Calumet and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses. l 5 y MICHAEL BAEHLM' i Witnesses: n y

JACOB MARX, l' .s .l I. l ,LIZZIE MARX. I 

